Prepared by: Sheena Wilson, Zynitra Durham, and Lindsay Boknight (June 2022) Edited & Curated by: Dr. T. DeWayne Moore (November 6, 2022)
Collection Overview
Title of Collection: UA0008 – William Cullen David Papers
Dates: 1943-1951
Extent: 4.5 Linear feet (8 boxes)
Abstract:
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Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research
Use Restrictions: Written permission must be obtained from the Special Collections/ Archives Department and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts, or images from any materials in this collection.
Language: English
Biographical Note: William Cullen David was born on July 19, 1896, to Walter and Elizabeth David in Mexia, Texas. He served in the military in World War I, and he served as a Cooperative Extension agent in Madison County, Texas from 1934 to 1943, when he was appointed as District Agent of the Southern District. He also served as the state leader of the CES from 1946 to 1959. He died on March 20, 1971, in McLennan County, and he was buried in Doris-Miller Cemetery in Waco, Texas.
Scope & Contents: The William Cullen David Papers document his work in the Cooperative Extension Service in Texas from 1943-1951. The collection contains meeting minutes, agricultural and crop reports, appointment books, and travel ledgers, but the majority of the collection considerable is correspondence with agricultural extension agents.
Arrangement: We arranged this collection into two series, with one series arranged further by subseries. Both series and subseries are arranged chronologically by date.
Series 1 Correspondence
Series 2 Cooperative Extension
Administrative Information
Acquisition:
Preferred Citation: David William Cullen Papers. UA 0008. Collections/Archives Department, John B. Coleman Library, Prairie View A&M University
Subject Terms:
4-H clubs—Texas
David William Cullen
Farming – – Texas
Agricultural extension work—Texas
Prairie View University. Agricultural Extension Service
Inventory
Series 1 Correspondence, 1943
Box Folder
1 1 Correspondence, January 14- March 31, 1943
1 2 Correspondence, April 1- 29, 1943
1 3 Correspondence, May 5- 31, 1943
1 4 Correspondence, June 3- 18, 1943
1 5 Correspondence, April 14- 28, 1944
1 6 Correspondence, January 1-March 8, 1945
1 7 Correspondence, June 21-July 29, 1943
1 8 Correspondence, August 2- 31, 1943
1 9 Correspondence, September 1- October 8, 1943
1 10 Correspondence, October 11- October 30, 1943
1 11 Correspondence, November 2- December 28, 1943
1 12 Correspondence, January 3-19, 1944
1 13 Correspondence, January 20-31, 1944
1 14 Correspondence, February 1-29, 1944
1 15 Correspondence, March 1-31, 1944
1 16 Correspondence, April 1-12, 1944
1 17 Correspondence, May 4-27, 1944
1 18 Correspondence, June 2-30, 1944
1 19 Correspondence, July 2-31, 1944
1 20 Correspondence, August 1-31, 1944
1 21 Correspondence, September 1- December 8, 1944
1 22 Correspondence, April 5-26, 1945
1 23 Correspondence, May 2-21, 1945
1 24 Correspondence, June 6-26, 1945
1 25 Correspondence, August 2-September 19, 1945
1 26 Correspondence, November 2-December 27, 1945
1 27 Correspondence, October 4-30, 1945
1 28 Correspondence, January 3- April 24, 1946
1 29 Correspondence, May 3- June 22, 1946
1 30 Correspondence, July 9- August 23, 1946
1 31 Correspondence, September 4- December 10, 1946
1 32 Correspondence, December 11-December 31, 1946
1 33 Correspondence, January 1-9, 1947
1 34 Correspondence, January 10-18, 1947
1 35 Correspondence, January 21-31, 1947
1 36 Correspondence, February 1-10, 1947
1 37 Correspondence, February 11-19, 1947
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2 1 Correspondence, February 20-28, 1947
2 2 Correspondence, May 1-14, 1947
2 3 Correspondence, May 15-19, 1947
2 4 Correspondence, March 20-31, 1947
2 5 Correspondence, April 1-10, 1947
2 6 Correspondence, April 11-18, 1947
2 7 Correspondence, April 19-30, 1947
2 8 Correspondence, May 1-10, 1947
2 9 Correspondence, May 13-19, 1947
2 10 Correspondence, May 20-31, 1947
2 11 Correspondence, June 2 –30, 1947
2 12 Correspondence, June 2-19, 1947
2 13 Correspondence, July 21-31, 1947
2 14 Correspondence, August 1-12, 1947
2 15 Correspondence, August 13-21, 1947
2 16 Correspondence, August 22-31, 1947
2 17 Correspondence, September 2-12, 1947
2 18 Correspondence, September 15-30, 1947
2 19 Correspondence, October 1-10, 1947
2 20 Correspondence, October 11-31, 1947
2 21 Correspondence, November 3-29, 1947
Box Folder
3 1 Correspondence, December 1-10, 1947
3 2 Correspondence, December 11-31, 1947
3 3 Correspondence, January 2-15, 1948
3 4 Correspondence, January 16-31, 1948
3 5 Correspondence, February 2-28, 1948
3 6 Correspondence, March 1-15, 1948
3 7 Correspondence, March 16-31, 1948
3 8 Correspondence, April 1-30, 1948
3 9 Correspondence, May 3-14, 1948
3 10 Correspondence, May 18-20, 1948
3 11 Correspondence, May 2-31, 1948
3 12 Correspondence, June 1-10, 1948
3 13 Correspondence, June 1-30, 1948
3 14 Correspondence, July 1-21, 1948
3 15 Correspondence, July 13-31, 1948
3 16 Correspondence, August 1-13, 1948
3 17 Correspondence, August 7-10, 1948
3 18 Correspondence, August 11-31, 1948
3 19 Correspondence, September 14-20, 1948
3 20 Correspondence, September 21-30, 1948
3 21 Correspondence, October 1-13, 1948
3 22 Correspondence, October 14-30, 1948
3 23 Correspondence, November 1-10, 1948
3 24 Correspondence, November 11-19, 1948
3 25 Correspondence, November 22-30, 1948
3 26 Correspondence, December 1-15, 1948
3 27 Correspondence, January-December 1949
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4 1 Correspondence, January 2-25, 1950
4 2 Correspondence, February 2-July 1, 1950
4 3 Correspondence, August 4-19, 1950
4 4 Correspondence, August 20-31, 1950
4 5 Correspondence, September 1-November 8, 1950
4 6 Correspondence, November 14-29, 1950
4 7 Correspondence, December1-7, 1950
4 8 Correspondence, December 8-24, 1950
4 9 Correspondence, January 3-31, 1951
4 10 Correspondence, February 3-13, 1951
4 11 Correspondence, February 17-26, 1951
4 12 Correspondence, March 1-21, 1951
4 13 Correspondence, March 22-29, 1951
4 14 Correspondence, April 3-25, 1951
4 15 Correspondence, April 26, 1951
4 16 Correspondence, April 27-May 4, 1951
Series 2 Cooperative Extension, 1940-1953
Cooperative extension series contains meeting minutes, memorandums, reports, agricultural and farm reports and publications, travel notes and appointment books from the 1940s to 1950s.
Box Folder
4 17 Turkey Steaks a New Meat Delicacy Progress report, 1947
4 18 Farmers Conference Week Tuskegee Institute, January 15, 1948
4 19 Instructions for Making Monthly Reports, February 25, 1948
4 20 4-H Club Conservation Camp Program, August 15-18, 1948
4 21 Letter with the County Agricultural List, October 22, 1948
4 22 Leave of Opal H. Washington, December 1-15, 1948
4 23 Success stories of Negro 4-H Club Boys & Girls, December 7, 1948
4 24 Annual Housing Conference, April 19-20, 1948
4 25 Succinct Statement on Negro Extension Work, 1948-49
4 26 Workshops About Extension Program Planning, 1948
4 27 Letter Relating to Houston Fat Stock Show, January 8, 1949
4 28 187th Series of Negro Extension Service Programs, July 14, 1949
4 29 National Vegetable Week and Suggestions for Promotions, August 11, 1949
4 30 Factory Inspection Labeling of Canned Fruits & Vegetables, 1949
4 31 Farm & Family Life on the Texas Negro Veteran, undated material
4 32 The Participation of Government Agencies in Nutrition Programs, 1949
4 33 Sweet Corn Variety Trials Progress report, 1949-51
4 34 Yield & Chemical Composition of Crops Grown for Storage, 1949-51
4 35 Institute for Latin American Home Extension Workers, January 22, 1953
4 36 50th Anniversary of Country Agent System, January 22, 1953
4 37 50 Years of Extension Work gets Resolution, January 29, 1953
4 38 Farm Family at Mid Century, February 5, 1953
4 39 Governor Shivers Proclaims Farm Demonstration Day, February 12, 1953
4 40 Scholarship Award During Fiftieth Anniversary for Extension, February 12, 1953
4 41 First Farm Demonstration Held, March 12, 1953
4 42 Cotton Producers’ Study of Present Planting, March 26, 1953
4 43 Anniversary of the Extension Method of Teaching, February 26, 1953
4 44 Farm Cooperatives Continue to Make Progress, February 26, 1953
4 45 Extension Recreation, February 26, 1953
4 46 Vegetables and Fruit institute Release, February 26, 1953
4 47 Negro Expansion Field Agent Promoted to National Leader, September 7, 1953
4 48 50-year Farm Demonstration Field, 1953
4 49 Chemical Composition of Cotton Seed of Varieties Grown, 1953
Box Folder
5 1 Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Cotton Report for the Blackland Experiment Station, College Station, Texas, 1953
5 2 Agricultural Experiment Station, Germination and Growth of bitterweed from seed matured on plants killed with herbicides, College Station, Texas, 1953
5 3 Agricultural Experiment Station, Hay Curing and handling studies, Beaumont, Texas, 1951-1953
5 4 Agricultural Experiment Station, Effect of fertilizer treatments on yield and earthworm damage of fall-planted sweet corn, 1953
5 5 Agricultural Experiment Station, Marketing Practices of East Texas tomato growers College Station, Texas, 1953
5 6 Agricultural Experiment Station, Pre, and Post emergence chemical treatment combinations in weeding cotton, College Station, Texas, 1953
5 7 Agricultural Experiment Station, Bin drying of Rice at Beaumont, College Station, 1953
5 8 Agricultural Experiment Station, Pre-emergence treatments for weed control in Cantaloupes, College, Station, 1953
5 9 Tuskegee Institute Negro Farmers Conference, 49th, Resolution, Tuskegee, Alabama, January 1950
5 10 Tuskegee Institute. Division of Public Relations. Tuskegee Institute its origin and Development
5 11 Evans, Edward Bertram. Memorandum to all Employees of Prairie View A&M College Prairie View, Texas; August 10, 1950
5 12 Hearn, Maurine. Letter to Extension Service Workers, College Station, Texas, September 11, 1950
5 13 Hearn, Maurine. Letter to Extension Service Workers, College Station, Texas, September 25, 1950
5 14 Adam, D. Memorandum to G.G. Gibson, Texas Radio Round Ups, College Station, Texas, 1950
5 15 Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Annual Report for Texas A&M College system College Station, Texas, 1950
5 16 Agricultural Experiment Station. Corn-Green Manure-fertilizer tests at Prairie View College Station, Texas, 1950-1953
5 17 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Forest Service. Memorandum concerning Increases of Tree planting on Private Lands, Washington, 1951
5 18 U.S. Department of Agriculture. How Supervised Credit Programs help Negro families Farm better, Washington D.C., 1950
5 19 Agricultural Extension Service. What You should know about Texas Agricultural Extension Service, A guide for Extension Service Workers, College Station, Texas, 1950
5 20 Agriculture Experiment Station, Clover Variety at Kirbyville, College Station, Texas, 1950-1951
5 21 Agricultural Experiment Station, Cost of Handling Texas citrus, fresh and processed, 1950-1951
5 22 Agricultural Experiment Station, Effect of legumes, Nitrogen, and Raw Systems on the Yield of Corn on Miller Clay Soil, 1950-1951
5 23 Agriculture experiment station, Legume tests at Kirbyville and Cleveland; 1950-1951
5 24 Agricultural experiment station, yield of crops grown for forage at Mt. Pleasant, 1950-1951
5 25 Agricultural Experiment station, yields of legumes as green manure crops at Kirbyville and Cleveland, 1950-1951
5 26 Tuskegee Institute. George Washington Carver Foundation, Annual Report, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1950-1951
5 27 United States Department of Agriculture. Production and Marketing Administration, Success stories of Negro Farmers, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1950
5 28 Evans, Edward Bertram, Circular Letter to Faculty and Staff. 22nd Educational Conference “Negro Business”, January 2, 1951
5 29 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Extension Service. Administrators Memorandum concerning Edward W. Alton accepting position of Executive Director of the National 4-H club Foundation of America, January 5, 1951
5 30 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Extension Service, Office of Information, Press Service, Weir, who rose from seed weigher to important USDA post, retires. Release, Washington, D.C., January 8, 1951
5 31 U.S. Agricultural Research Administration, Engineering Research improves cattle shades. Release, Washington, D.C., January 11, 1951
5 32 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Office of Information. Press Service. Agricultural News (Negro Farmers) Release, Washington D.C., January 15, 1951
5 33 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Forest Service. Memorandum concerning Chief Forester Annual Report, Washington, D.C., January 15, 1951
5 34 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Forest Service. Memorandum concerning payments to the States in which the National Forests are situated, January 17, 1951
5 35 U.S. Dept. of Agricultural. Soil Conservation Service. Memorandum concerning Importance of Soil Conservation to National Defense, January 23, 1951
5 36 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Forest Service. Memorandum Concerning Logging Book Providing answers to inexperienced woodmen, Washington, D.C., January 26, 1951
5 37 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Office of Information. Press Service. 425,000 rural coloreds Families aided through extension program, Washington D.C., January 29, 1951
5 38 High Level Production Guide for major Spring planted crops, February 2, 1951
5 39 Former Cropper now operates 1,700 Acres, February 5, 1951
5 40 Express of Gardening and Home Food Program, February 6, 1951
5 41 Hoblitzell Agriculture Award, February 7, 1951
5 42 Rural Power Systems financed, February 8, 1951
5 43 Farm Prices in the Price Control Picture, February 9, 1951
5 44 Co-op Gin in All-Colored Texas Community, February 12, 1951,
5 45 Dates for Regional 4-H Camp for Negro farm boys & girls, February 14, 1951
5 46 Price Supports Announced for Crops, February 15, 1951
5 47 Farmer who is now among largest negro Cattle raisers, February 19, 1951
5 48 Farmer ups income to 20,000 by balancing cropping, February 26, 1951
5 49 Letter to William C. David, February 27, 1951
5 50 An Increase of farm grain storage facilities, March 15, 1951
5 51 Haiti awards agriculture silver medallion Diploma, March 5, 1951
5 52 Liberian Poultry production may soon catch up to demand, March 5, 1951
5 53 Sharecropper youths among 325,000 to observe national 4-H club week, March 5, 1951
5 54 Cropper who became owner through FHA now raising live-stock, March 12, 1951
5 55 Former Tenant now grosses 50,000 annually off of 1,000 acres, March 19, 1951
5 56 Farmers step up Pasture improvement to increase population, March 26, 1951
5 57 Farmer to double his cotton acreage, April 16, 1951
5 58 At 60, $10,000 a year farmer plans to expand production, April 9, 1951
5 59 Need for high yields on increased feed grain acreage, April 17, 1951
5 60 Highest PMA award & honorary degree goes to Davis, April 23, 1951
5 61 USDA home economist points to role of farm women, April 23, 1951
5 62 Food Prices & Farm Returns, April 24, 1951
5 63 Farm Family increases holdings 30 from FHA Lift, May 7, 1951
5 64 Cattle and Hog exhibited at annual show by Alabama youths, May 14, 1951
5 65 Dawson assisting in the equalization of Federal Funds, May 16, 1951
5 66 Former Debt-Ridden shares, May 28, 1951
5 67 Group of young farmers in Florida buy 2,000-acre tract, June 11, 1951
5 68 4-H Tractor driving Champion-Delegated to regional camp, July 23, 1951
5 69 Negro Extension supervisors to study mobilization, June 11, 1951
5 70 Loyalty Oath, to all personnel of Texas A&M College, July 27, 1951
5 71 USDA Specialist assigned to Liberia, July 30, 1951
5 72 Memorandum to all District Agents, July 31, 1951
5 73 Veteran growing into cattle farming, August 6, 1951
5 74 Negro Participation in the State Fair of Texas, August 7, 1951
5 75 125 Top Farm youth to attend regional 4-H camp in Arkansas, August 13, 1951
5 76 Reception in Honor of Dr. W.R. Banks, August 20, 1951
Box Folder
6 1 Rules and regulations governing student employment, August 31,1951
6 2 Services in Negro land- Grant colleges & associated institutions, August 26, 1951- September 14, 1951
6 3 Governor Shivers Proclaiming Negro Achievement Day, September 7-12, 1951
6 4 Conference of Presidents of Negro Land Grants colleges notifications, September 18, 1951
6 5 The Inauguration of Dr. Lanier TSU first President, September 28, 1951
6 6 4-H Boys and Girls collect scrap metal for mobilization drive, October 15, 1951
6 7 performances for stalk cutting shedders, March 3, 1952
6 8 Slaughter calf productions in the Brazos River Valley, August 2,1952
6 9 Farmers meeting need for more acres, November 5,1951
6 10 PV Garden club Christmas brighten up Notification, November 9, 1951
6 11 Dairy show in Alabama reflects need for higher milk production, November 12, 1951
6 12 Rent payments by employees, November 5, 1951
6 13 Annual Faculty Dinner Notification, November 30, 1951
6 14 Rations for Fattening Steers, August 9, 1952
6 15 Distribution of Fertilizer Sales in Texas, February 28, 1952
6 16 Local Cooperative progress report 1411, October 28, 1951
6 17 Cottony Cushion scale progress report, June 18, 1952
6 18 Green manure crop progress report, September 25, 1952
6 19 Cotton grown on Black Clay Progress Report, May 1, 1952
6 20 Texas Farm & ranch land prices, July 31, 1952
6 21 Effect on pasture vegetation progress report 1479, August 2, 1952
6 22 Trails with Castor beans in Texas, progress report 1455, April 19, 1952
6 23 Farm employment decline, indicates increase mechanization, March 26, 1951
6 24 information on model balanced farmer, January 22, 1951
6 25 attitudes towards old age and survivors’ insurance programs, May 27, 1953
6 26 Berseem clover for forage and seed productions report 1495, September 3, 1952
6 27 Bullworm control on cotton progress report 1445, March 7, 1952
6 28 Cattle feeding studies at the Spur Station, September 30, 1952
6 29 Broomcorn production in south Texas, report 1468, June 17, 1952
6 30 chemical control of crabgrass progress report 1450, March 21, 1952
6 31 chemical controls of johnson grass progress report, 1430, January 16, 1952
6 32 Citrus Nursery Tree Program in south Texas, report 1477, July 19, 1952
6 33 Clover variety Tests, Progress report 1497, September 25, 1952
6 34 Common, sweet, & Tift Sudan for pasturage, Progress report 1467, June 16, 1952
6 35 Control of onion thrips in the winter progress report 1500, October 9, 1952
6 36 Control of spider mites on cotton, progress report 1431, January 23, 1952
6 37 Control of spider mites on cotton, progress report 1476, July 14, 1952
6 38 Clovers and Dalli grass volunteer, Progress report 1435, February 1, 1952
6 39 Cool Season grasses for North Central Texas, Progress report 1456, May 1, 1952
6 40 cotton variety tests in Wharton country report 1436, February 9, 1952
6 41 Grasses increase after posting oak control, Progress report 1448, 1952
6 42 Distribution of fertilizer sales, report 1498, September 26, 1952
6 43 Dried Skim milk in ration for dairy calves, Progress report, August 4, 1952
6 44 Effect of different nitrogen fertilizer on green wrap tomatoes, December 19, 1952
6 45 Effect of fertilizers on pasture forage at Nacogdoches, Progress report, August 30, 1952
6 46 Effect of fertilizers on corn in Nacogdoches, report 1452, March 26, 1952
6 47 Effect of Plowing under legumes on Cotton & corn, Progress report 1521, December 16, 1952
6 48 Effect of 2,4,5 – T on young cotton plants, report 1464, May 24, 1952
6 49 Effects of Borascu and Sodium chlorate on bindweed, Progress report 1523, December 20, 1952
6 50 Effect of Legume and Nitrogen on Corn, report 1439, February 15, 1952
6 51 Farm leases on irrigated farms, Progress reports 1434, February 1, 1952
6 52 Feed reserves-drought insurance for beef producers, report 1471, June 18, 1952
6 53 Feed reserves for wintering ewes on central Texas farms, June 18, 1952
6 54 Goliad barely, progress report 1426, January 7, 1952
6 55 Forage crop tests on the Black-land experiment station, March 2, 1953
6 56 Grape rootstocks for Southwest Texas report, July 17, 1952
6 57 Importance of Bees in sweet clover seed production, May 1, 1952
6 58 Influence of Fertilizers & lime on rice, March 1, 1952
6 59 Cleaning of steel sanitary milk processing lines, June 20, 1952
6 60 Insectidal control of Greenbugs, February 12, 1952
6 61 Men & Machines in the cotton harvest, October 12, 1952
6 62 Mounting of press wheel-rollers and spray nozzles, December 13, 1952
6 63 Peanut picker for small plot work, December 2, 1952
6 64 Phosphoric acid and protein content of warm season grasses, January 8, 1952
6 65 A simple wind Auguste for use of agricultural spraying, May 27, 1952
6 66 Refrigerated storage for sweet potatoes, April 10, 1952
6 67 Warm Season Grasses at Kirbyville, Progress report, March 22, 1952
6 68 Range management studies on the ranch experiment station, March 15, 1952
6 69 Quality & quantity of bitterweed killed with herbicide, March 8, 1952
6 70 Mechanical harvesting of cotton, January 24, 1952
6 71 Local cooperatives, Progress report, October 28, 1951
6 72 Mechanical harvesting of cotton in Texas, March 8, 1951
6 73 Recruitment of Cotton Harvest Workers, October 13, 1951
6 74 Forty-sixth annual farmers’ short course, August 23-26, 1953
6 75 Objectives of the Texas Agricultural Extension services, undated material
6 76 Agriculturalist who quit post to return to farm grosses, undated material
6 77 Techniques in preparing information releases, Circular specialists, undated material, January 15, 1947
6 78 Tuskegee institute periodicals, undated materials, August 24, 1912
6 79 Life Insurance protection of farmer operated families, January 14, 1953
6 80 Mechanical harvesting of cotton, January 9, 1953
6 81 Grass strain tests progress report, January 2, 1953
6 82 small grains variety tests at the Black Land experiment station, October 16, 1952
6 83 Testing fungicides on squash, September 17, 1952
6 84 Sources of cotton labor, August 29, 1952
6 85 Southern Corn root worm control, June 26, 1952
Box Folder
7 1 Correspondence, May 5-14, 1951
7 2 Correspondence, May 15-22, 1951
7 3 Correspondence, May 23-31, 1951
7 4 Correspondence, June 1-8, 1951
7 5 Correspondence, June 12-26, 1951
7 6 Correspondence, June 27-July 10, 1951
7 7 Correspondence, July 11-31, 1951
7 8 Correspondence, August 1-20, 1951
7 9 Correspondence, August 20-31, 1951
7 10 Correspondence, September 1-18, 1951
7 11 Correspondence, September 20-29, 1951
7 12 Correspondence, October 1-10, 1951
7 13 Correspondence, October 11-30, 1951
7 14 Correspondence, November 1-19, 1951
7 15 Correspondence, November 21-30, 1951
7 16 Correspondence, December 1-20, 1951
7 17 Correspondence, January 8-July 26, 1952
7 18 Correspondence, 1953
7 19 Correspondence, 1954
7 20 Correspondence, 1957
7 21 Correspondence, 1959
7 22 Correspondence, Plan of work for Madison County, Texas, 1937
7 23 Correspondence, Practical Methods for Town & Rural Pastors, May 24-29, 1937
7 24 Correspondence, Radio discussion on 4-H Club Program, February 5, 1938
7 25 Correspondence, Memorandum 2nd Ministers’ Institute, March 27-June 3, 1938
7 26 Correspondence, Faculty Symposium, Report of Findings Committee, September 9, 1940
7 27 Correspondence, The Negro & National Defense Address, October 1940
7 28 Correspondence, Delinquent tax contract in Texas Counties; 1940
7 29 Correspondence, Agriculture Defense Boards in each state and county; June 8, 1941
7 30 Correspondence, Minutes of meetings; August 12-13, 1941
7 31 Correspondence, Reduction of Non-Defense Appropriations under consideration, October 2, 1941
7 32 Correspondence, Plans & Suggestions for Defense Councils; November 11-16, 1941
7 33 Correspondence, Statement of expenditures for Negro Extension Work; 1941-47
7 34 Correspondence, Wartime farmland market activity; 1941-44
7 35 Correspondence, The Creation of state & county U.S.D.A. War Boards; April 8, 1942
7 36 Correspondence, Monthly travel expense for extension agents; April 10, 1942
7 37 Correspondence, Victory Demonstration & the Extension Service Program; April 14, 1942
7 38 Correspondence, Authorization to travel outside official county; April 15, 1942
7 39 Correspondence, TVA Farm Unit test demonstrations (Circular); July 29, 1942
7 40 Correspondence, Leadership in our allout war efforts address; August 10-15, 1942
7 41 Correspondence, Material used in making out 1943 plan of work; October 29, 1942
7 42 Correspondence, Shortage of Nitrogen Fertilizers; 1942
7 43 Correspondence, Protein is essential for growing turkeys, progress report 787; 1942
7 44 Correspondence, Guide for travelers’ reimbursement 1943 vouchers; January 11, 1943
7 45 Correspondence, Texas Wildlife in wartime; 1943
7 46 Correspondence, Grape propagation and root-stocks studies; 1943
7 47 Correspondence, Corn variety & hybrid tests at the EL Paso valley substation; 1943-45
7 48 Correspondence, Fertilizer tests with cotton and corn report 993; 1943-45
7 49 Correspondence, Memorandum on War services; June 1944
7 50 Correspondence, Post Card Telegram, 1951
7 51 Correspondence, Letter relating to Negro farm progress; February 25, 1949
Box Folder
8 1 Publications for 1945, Victory Gardens Program, December 20, 1944
8 2 Reprint of Handbook on health for farm families, December 20, 1944
8 3 Motion Picture Production Program, December 20, 1944
8 4 Farm Labor Appropriation, December 27, 1944-1945
8 5 Memorandum on rationing Programs, December 24, 1944
8 6 Memorandum, Deferred Payment of government Salaries, December 23, 1944
8 7 Distribution of fertilizer sale in Texas, 1944-1945
8 8 Economical & Effective method for delousing turkeys, 1944
8 9 Memorandum concerning important releases and reports, 1944-45
8 10 Information program on income taxes, December. 1944
8 11 Program, Prairie View State Normal & Industrial College, January 29-30, 1945
8 12 Information & Appropriate action in the U.S War Food Admin, March 17, 1945
8 13 Instructions in preparation of Construction contracts, March 19, 1945
8 14 Migratory Workers for Sugar beets & related crops, March 19, 1945
8 15 Medical Examination Form, 1945
8 16 Transportation by motor truck of migratory farm Labor, March 20, 1945
8 17 Chapter X, Policy & Procedures Manual, March 21, 1945
8 18 Recruitment Poster, March 21, 1945
8 19 Minimum Sugar Act Wage Requirements, March 22, 1945
8 20 Changes in Federal Farm Extension Farm Labor Personnel, March 23, 1945
8 21 Farm Labor Radio Programs, March 24, 1945
8 22 Loan of army equip. To house and feed agricultural workers, March 26, 1945
8 23 Guiding Principles for youth programs, March 1945
8 24 Notification to David W.C., April 16, 1945
8 25 Notification to David W.C., April 16, 1945
8 26 Charter of the United Nations with inter. Court of Justice, June 26, 1945
8 27 Charter as Declaration & Constitution, June 26, 1945
8 28 Statewide Extension Work with Negros, July 2, 1945
8 29 Distribution of Fertilizer Sales in Texas, 998 Report, 1946
8 30 Mobilization of Negro Labor to produce products, report, 1945
8 31 Strengthening of 4-14 Club Work Bankhead – Flannagan Act., August 7, 1945
8 32 National 4-14 Achievement Week, November. 3-11, September 10, 1945
8 33 Special Courses in agriculture for veterans, October 20, 1945
8 34 No. Project, Extension Service & Sears – Roebuck Foundation, 1945-1946
8 35 Cotton Variety test at Brazos River Laboratory Report 1945, March 20, 1946
8 36 Federal Land Bank & Land Bank Commissioner Loans, July 1945
8 37 List of available publications of the U.S Depart. Of Agriculture, 1945
8 38 Handbook for the victory volunteer medical examination form, May 1945
8 39 Post War Jobs for Farmers, January 22, 1946
8 40 Emergency Food Program, January 25, 1946
8 41 Emergency Food Program, March 8, 1946
8 42 Unveiling of the Bust of Booker T. Washington, May 23, 1946
8 43 Field Trips & Other activities Report, July 17, 1946
8 44 Training for Extension Workers under G.I. Bill, August 9, 1946
8 45 Soils and Souls. Address, first annual Church conference, October 1946
8 46 Workshop to study Extension supervision, November 4-16, 1946
8 47 Schedule of Staff Conferences, November 7, 1946
8 48 Principles to Guide Extension Supervisors, Lecture, November 8, 1946
8 49 Services Rendered by the Federal & State government, November 11, 1946
8 50 Statements & Announcements from Alumni Club President, December 2, 1946
8 51 Brush Control on South Texas Pastureland, 1946
8 52 Effect of phosphates in pasture grasses, 1946
8 53 Farmland Market Activity in Texas Counties, 1946
8 54 Fertilizers for white potatoes in the High Plain of Texas, 1946
8 55 Fattening Steers in the El-Paso Valley, 1946
8 56 Forage & Seed yields of Sorghum Varieties, 1946
8 57 The Hegari Family, Progress report 984, 1946
8 58 Potato Varieties, Progress Report 986, 1946
8 59 Salt tolerance of Turkey Poults Progress report 1012, May 11, 1946
8 60 Growing Cantaloupes in the Texas winter garden progress report 988, February 11, 1946
8 61 Variety trials of Bush Lima Beans progress report 985, January 23, 1946
8 62 State Meeting for Negro Extension Agents, January 8, 1947
8 63 Biographical Sketch of Rev. L. Maynard Catchings, January 8-12, 1947
8 64 Annual Session of Teachers Association, February 28, 1947- March 1, 1947
8 65 Dates Scheduled for Country Show, March 19, 1947
8 66 On the agricultural front (Negro Farmers) release, March 31, 1947
8 67 Preservation, Patriotism, and Piety (Saving Soil), April 4, 1947
8 68 10th Annual meeting of the home demonstration clubs of Texas, April 9, 1947
8 69 Training Memorandum, April 23, 1947
Box Folder
9 1 Minutes of Meeting, Negro Rural Youth Committee, May 1, 1947
9 2 Supervisors Annual Narrative Report, June 9-13, 1947
9 3 Remarks of Secretary Clinton P. Anderson (meat), June 11, 1947
9 4 C.P. Anderson’s Statement on Appropriation Bill, June 12, 1947
9 5 National 4-H Club Citizenship Ceremony, June 17, 1947
9 6 Fiscal Office Memoranda, June 25-26, 1947
9 11 New Notes of the Poultry Industry, 1947
9 12 The outlook for the National Income, November 3, 1947
9 13 Press release on the Agriculture Front, November 10, 1947
9 14 Achievements of Negro Farm Women, December 1, 1947
9 15 Secondary Schools 14th annual convention, December 3-5, 1947
9 16 Techniques in Preparing information releases & letters, 1947
9 17 Denton Colton Variety Tests, 1952
9 18 Notice of Termination (a farm Lease problem in Texas), 1947
9 19 Oil Seed crops in Texas, Progress Reports, 1947
9 21 Official Appoint Request Forms, 1947
9 22 Committee Member’s Report Envelope
9 23 Form CB-1. District Agents individual county work sheet
9 24 Form D-334, Appointment Request
9 25 Reserve Officers Training Corps, March 1-22, 1947
SERIES I CORRESPONDECE, 1943
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SERIES 2 COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, 1940-1953
Cooperative extension series contains meeting minutes, memorandums, reports, agricultural and farm reports and publications, travel notes and appointment books from the 1940s to 1950s.
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Correspondence, Fertilizer tests with cotton and corn report 993; 1943-45
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Correspondence, Memorandum on War services; June 1944
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Correspondence, Post Card Telegram, 1951
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Correspondence, Letter relating to Negro farm progress; February 25, 1949
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Publications for 1945, Victory Gardens Program, December 20, 1944
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Motion Picture Production Program, December 20, 1944
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Farm Labor Appropriation, December 27, 1944-1945
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Memorandum on rationing Programs, December 24, 1944
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Memorandum, Deferred Payment of government Salaries, December 23, 1944
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Distribution of fertilizer sale in Texas, 1944-1945
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Economical & Effective method for delousing turkeys, 1944
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Memorandum concerning important releases and reports, 1944-45
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Information program on income taxes, December. 1944
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Program, Prairie View State Normal & Industrial College, January 29-30, 1945
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Information & Appropriate action in the U.S War Food Admin, March 17, 1945
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Instructions in preparation of Construction contracts, March 19, 1945
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Migratory Workers for Sugar beets & related crops, March 19, 1945
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Medical Examination Form, 1945
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Transportation by motor truck of migratory farm Labor, March 20, 1945
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Chapter X, Policy & Procedures Manual, March 21, 1945
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Recruitment Poster, March 21, 1945
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Minimum Sugar Act Wage Requirements, March 22, 1945
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Changes in Federal Farm Extension Farm Labor Personnel, March 23, 1945
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Farm Labor Radio Programs, March 24, 1945
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Loan of army equip. To house and feed agricultural workers, March 26, 1945
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Guiding Principles for youth programs, March 1945
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Notification to David W.C., April 16, 1945
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Notification to David W.C., April 16, 1945
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Charter of the United Nations with inter. Court of Justice, June 26, 1945
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Charter as Declaration & Constitution, June 26, 1945
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Statewide Extension Work with Negros, July 2, 1945
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Distribution of Fertilizer Sales in Texas, 998 Report, 1946
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Mobilization of Negro Labor to produce products, report, 1945
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Strengthening of 4-14 Club Work Bankhead – Flannagan Act., August 7, 1945
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Special Courses in agriculture for veterans, October 20, 1945
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No. Project, Extension Service & Sears – Roebuck Foundation, 1945-1946
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Cotton Variety test at Brazos River Laboratory Report 1945, March 20, 1946
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Federal Land Bank & Land Bank Commissioner Loans, July 1945
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List of available publications of the U.S Depart. Of Agriculture, 1945
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Handbook for the victory volunteer medical examination form, May 1945
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Post War Jobs for Farmers, January 22, 1946
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Emergency Food Program, January 25, 1946
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Emergency Food Program, March 8, 1946
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Unveiling of the Bust of Booker T. Washington, May 23, 1946
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Field Trips & Other activities Report, July 17, 1946
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Training for Extension Workers under G.I. Bill, August 9, 1946
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Soils and Souls. Address, first annual Church conference, October 1946
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Workshop to study Extension supervision, November 4-16, 1946
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Schedule of Staff Conferences, November 7, 1946
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Principles to Guide Extension Supervisors, Lecture, November 8, 1946
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Services Rendered by the Federal & State government, November 11, 1946
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Statements & Announcements from Alumni Club President, December 2, 1946
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Brush Control on South Texas Pastureland, 1946
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Effect of phosphates in pasture grasses, 1946
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Farmland Market Activity in Texas Counties, 1946
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Fertilizers for white potatoes in the High Plain of Texas, 1946
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Fattening Steers in the El-Paso Valley, 1946
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Forage & Seed yields of Sorghum Varieties, 1946
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The Hegari Family, Progress report 984, 1946
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Potato Varieties, Progress Report 986, 1946
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Salt tolerance of Turkey Poults Progress report 1012, May 11, 1946
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Growing Cantaloupes in the Texas winter garden progress report 988, February 11, 1946
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Variety trials of Bush Lima Beans progress report 985, January 23, 1946
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State Meeting for Negro Extension Agents, January 8, 1947
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Biographical Sketch of Rev. L. Maynard Catchings, January 8-12, 1947
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Annual Session of Teachers Association, February 28, 1947- March 1, 1947
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Dates Scheduled for Country Show, March 19, 1947
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On the agricultural front (Negro Farmers) release, March 31, 1947
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Preservation, Patriotism, and Piety (Saving Soil), April 4, 1947
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10th Annual meeting of the home demonstration clubs of Texas, April 9, 1947
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Training Memorandum, April 23, 1947
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Minutes of Meeting, Negro Rural Youth Committee, May 1, 1947
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Supervisors Annual Narrative Report, June 9-13, 1947
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Remarks of Secretary Clinton P. Anderson (meat), June 11, 1947
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C.P. Anderson’s Statement on Appropriation Bill, June 12, 1947
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National 4-H Club Citizenship Ceremony, June 17, 1947
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The outlook for the National Income, November 3, 1947
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Achievements of Negro Farm Women, December 1, 1947
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Secondary Schools 14th annual convention, December 3-5, 1947
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Techniques in Preparing information releases & letters, 1947
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Denton Colton Variety Tests, 1952
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Notice of Termination (a farm Lease problem in Texas), 1947
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Oil Seed crops in Texas, Progress Reports, 1947
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Official Appoint Request Forms, 1947
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Committee Member’s Report Envelope
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Form CB-1. District Agents individual county work sheet
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Form D-334, Appointment Request
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Reserve Officers Training Corps, March 1-22, 1947